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Filling the gap of formal institutions: the effects of Guanxi network on corruption in reform-era China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Corruption exists around the world and throughout the human history, but societies undergoing rapid modernization and institutional transition tend to be more…”
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Authoritarian Critical Citizens and Declining Political Trust in China by Zhong, Pei, Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Cross-national opinion surveys reveal that the Chinese regime enjoys perplexingly high levels of political trust when compared internationally. However, by…”
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Natural Resources, Local Governance and Social Instability: A Comparison of Two Counties in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…This article compares two neighbouring underdeveloped counties in south-west China. They share many similarities in economic, political and demographic…”
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Decentralizing China: analysis of central strategies in China's fiscal reforms by Vivian Zhan, Jing

“…China's post-Mao reforms have devolved significant economic and fiscal power from central to local governments. However, decentralization from above involves…”
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Fiscal Transfer and Local Public Expenditure in China: A Case Study of Shanxi Province by Duan, Haiyan, Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Given the vertical fiscal imbalance between the Chinese central and local governments and the overwhelming tasks imposed on local governments after the 1994…”
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Repress or Redistribute? The Chinese State's Response to Resource Conflicts by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…It is widely assumed that authoritarian states tend to use repression to suffocate social conflicts that threaten regime stability. Focusing on the Chinese…”
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Do Natural Resources Breed Corruption? Evidence from China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Rampant corruption is often observed in resource-rich countries, especially developing countries with weak political institutions. However, controversies exist…”
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Repenetrating the Rural Periphery: Party Building Under China's Anti-Poverty Campaign by Zhou, Haoyue, Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Post-Mao reforms ranging from de-collectivization to the abolition of agricultural taxes have eroded the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) control over the rural…”
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Policy coordination and selective corruption control in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian, Zhu, Jiangnan

“…In autocracies facing widespread corruption, the allocation of the scant attention available for fighting corruption strongly affects corruption control…”
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The Geopolitics of China's Overseas Port Investments: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and Pakistan by Iftikhar, Mohid, Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…With China's continuous rise and growing external commercial, strategic, and political endeavours, questions have arisen about the motivation, timing, and…”
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Resource Conflict Resolution in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian, Ming, Zeng

“…Mineral resource extraction has frequently caused social tensions in China. This research examines the reactive and pre-emptive strategies used by the Chinese…”
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The art of political ambiguity: top-down intergovernmental information asymmetry in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian, Qin, Shuang

“…China, similar to other countries with multi-level government structure, suffers serious information asymmetry between different levels of governments…”
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Strategy for Fiscal Survival? Analysis of local extra-budgetary finance in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Since the early 1980s, Chinese local governments have collected a significant amount of revenue outside the budgetary system. Fiscal shortage is commonly cited…”
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Resource Dependence and Human Capital Investment in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian, Duan, Haiyan, Zeng, Ming

“…Countries endowed with rich natural resources such as fuels and minerals often fall behind in human development. Does resource endowment hamper human capital…”
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Sharing resource wealth for peace: A Chinese strategy to cope with the resource curse by Zeng, Ming, Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…•Understanding the negative externalities of extractive industries.•Exploring state responses to the curse of natural resources.•Proposing the sharing of…”
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Explaining Central Intervention in Local Extra-Budgetary Practices in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Chinese local governments widely resort to extra-budgetary exaction to finance themselves, which generates side effects that necessitate central intervention…”
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Undermining State Capacity: Vertical and Horizontal Diffusions of Fiscal Power in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Since the late 1970s, China's fiscal system has facilitated the initiation and implementation of economic reforms and greatly contributed to China's remarkable…”
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River-sand Mining: An Ethnography of Resource Conflict in China by Zhan, Jing Vivian

“…Zhan reviews River-sand Mining: An Ethnography of Resource Conflict in China by Qian Zhu…”
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Engendrer un espace transnational : la Chine en tant qu’État diasporique à forte capacité et les diasporas chinoises by Bienvenu, Grégoire, Bofulin, Martina, Dongen, Els van, Ferrer, Alessandra, Kipnis, Andrew B, Lepesant, Tanguy, Leung, Maggi W. H, Lu, Xiaoning, Tao, Sabrina Y, Thunø, Mette, Tuxun, Shajidanmu, Zhan, Jing Vivian

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Book Reviews by Shen, Simon, Zhan, Jing Vivian, Bu, Lisa Q.

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